Bill Text: NY S06832 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts "Bryan Johnson's law"; includes prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-19 - referred to transportation [S06832 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06832-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6832
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      July 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  including
          prior  convictions  of operation of a vessel while under the influence
          of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known  and  may  be cited as "Bryan
     2  Johnson's Law".
     3    § 2 Section 1192 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
     4  new subdivision 8-b to read as follows:
     5    8-b. Effect of prior convictions of operation of a vessel while  under
     6  the influence of alcohol or drugs. A prior conviction for operation of a
     7  vessel  while  under  the  influence of alcohol or drugs under paragraph
     8  (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a  of  the
     9  navigation  law  shall be deemed to be a prior conviction of a violation
    10  of subdivision two of this section for purposes of determining penalties
    11  imposed under this section or for purposes of any administrative  action
    12  required  to  be  taken  pursuant  to  subdivision two of section eleven
    13  hundred ninety-three of this article. A prior conviction  for  operation
    14  of  a  vessel  while under the influence of alcohol or drugs under para-
    15  graph (a) of subdivision two of section forty-nine-a of  the  navigation
    16  law shall be deemed to be  a prior conviction of a violation of subdivi-
    17  sion  one  of this section for purposes of determining penalties imposed
    18  under this section or for purposes of any administrative action required
    19  to be taken pursuant to subdivision two of section eleven hundred  nine-
    20  ty-three of this article.
    21    §  3.  This  act  shall  take effect on the first of November after it
    22  shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13291-02-7